- Physarum cinereum
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Physarum cinereum Scientific classification Kingdom: Protista Phylum: Myxomycota Class: Myxogastria Order: Physarida Family: Physaridae Genus: Physarum Species: P. cinereum Binomial name Physarum cinereum
(Batsch) Pers. (1794)Synonyms[1] Lycoperdon cinereum Batsch (1783)
Didymium cinereum (Batsch) Fr. (1822 (1829)
Badhamia cinerea (Batsch) J.Kickx f. (1867)
Lignydium cinereum (Batsch) Kuntze (1898)Physarum cinereum is a slime mold that is a pathogen of turfgrass.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally named Lycoperdon cinereum by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1783;[3] Christiaan Hendrik Persoon transferred it to Physarum in 1794.
References
- ^ "Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association.
- ^ Vargas JM, Vargas JM Jr. (1994). 1 Management of Turfgrass Diseases. CRC Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56670-046-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=of2Kw7hh6jgC&pg=PA1 1.
- ^ Batsch AJGK (1783) (in Latin). Elenchus fungorum [Discussion of Fungi]. p. 155.
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